The hospital was built to replace the Erne Hospital, and was opened by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on 21 June 2012.[1] It was the first new hospital to be built in Northern Ireland for more than a decade, and was the first hospital in Northern Ireland with single ensuite rooms for every patient.[2][3]
Facilitiesedit
The hospital has up to 210 inpatient and 22 day-case beds.[4]
Servicesedit
The hospital has been designated as one of the nine acute hospitals in the acute hospital network of Northern Ireland on which healthcare would be focused under the government health policy 'Developing Better Services'.[5]
^"Queen officially opens new hospital". Impartial Reporter. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^"Inside Fermanagh's state of the art hospital". BBC News. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
^"Western Health and Social Care Trust". Western Health and Social Care Trust. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^"South West Acute Hospital". Western Health and Social Care Trust. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
^Department of Health NI. "Developing Better Health Services (Topic: Health policy)". Department of Health NI. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^"'Outstanding' work experience at SWAH say medical students". Impartial Reporter. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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Official website
Inspection reports from the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority
October 26, 2023
south, west, acute, hospital, local, teaching, hospital, located, enniskillen, county, fermanagh, northern, ireland, managed, western, health, social, care, trust, western, health, social, care, trustlocation, northern, irelandgeographylocation124, irvinestown. South West Acute Hospital is a local teaching hospital located in Enniskillen County Fermanagh Northern Ireland It is managed by Western Health and Social Care Trust South West Acute HospitalWestern Health and Social Care TrustSouth West Acute HospitalLocation in Northern IrelandGeographyLocation124 Irvinestown Road Enniskillen County Fermanagh Northern IrelandCoordinates54 21 57 N 7 38 29 W 54 3657 N 7 6414 W 54 3657 7 6414OrganisationCare systemHealth and Social CareAffiliated universityQueen s University Belfast Royal College of Surgeons in IrelandServicesEmergency departmentYesBeds232HistoryOpened2012LinksWebsitewesterntrust wbr hscni wbr net wbr hospitals wbr south west acute hospital wbr Contents 1 History 2 Facilities 3 Services 4 Teaching 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe hospital was built to replace the Erne Hospital and was opened by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on 21 June 2012 1 It was the first new hospital to be built in Northern Ireland for more than a decade and was the first hospital in Northern Ireland with single ensuite rooms for every patient 2 3 Facilities editThe hospital has up to 210 inpatient and 22 day case beds 4 Services editThe hospital has been designated as one of the nine acute hospitals in the acute hospital network of Northern Ireland on which healthcare would be focused under the government health policy Developing Better Services 5 Teaching editThe hospital is a university teaching hospital for both Queen s University Belfast and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 6 References edit Queen officially opens new hospital Impartial Reporter 26 June 2012 Retrieved 3 April 2019 Inside Fermanagh s state of the art hospital BBC News Retrieved 7 June 2020 Western Health and Social Care Trust Western Health and Social Care Trust Retrieved 3 April 2019 South West Acute Hospital Western Health and Social Care Trust Retrieved 7 June 2020 Department of Health NI Developing Better Health Services Topic Health policy Department of Health NI Retrieved 27 March 2019 Outstanding work experience at SWAH say medical students Impartial Reporter 21 October 2014 Retrieved 3 April 2019 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to South West Acute Hospital Official website nbsp Inspection reports from the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title South West Acute Hospital amp oldid 1142455311, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
